At the 2018 Best Design Awards on Saturday 22 September, the John Britten Black Pin was awarded to digital agency duo Rik Campbell and Steve Le Marquand of Resn. It appears, from the Best Design Awards site, that the Designers Institute Black Pin for 2018 was not awarded.

This trajectory reinforces the reason Designers Speak (Up) maintains that a professional, independent audit of the Designers Institute of New Zealand is required to discover where processes have gone so dreadfully astray, and how these processes might be turned around. The opportunity for all designers and others, DINZ members and non-members — anyone — with an interest in the gender balance and cultural diversity kaupapa to have their say comes this October.